I feel compelled to make a truthful translation from portuguese to english of JF fine words, since he is saying that if someone manages to win a fair fight on the wargames table, sheduled for the 10th of September on this modelling event, he will be offering (as a prize) a free "paint job" of as many models as you can carry.

In view of the participation of BT staff in Ambush Blitz September Campaign in Lisbon, we met last Saturday at my house, the core of the Brigade to carry out several games.

The selected armies were, the German 21st PD and English 7th AD (with some units missing).
The tables tested were 3 and 5. In the first table the victory belonged to the British battlegroup, and in table 5 the Germans won the victory in the final rounds.
Anyway, Saturday afternoon was a very fruitful friends reunion, since the General JMM was a masterly example as a special private BTconsultant, with respect to the ABlitz tournament ahead.
We have to repeat it more often!

I take this opportunity to present the work of the new Brigada Tripeira guy, Mário Laranja.

Our recent hobby enthusiast, who is making an effort to start a group of wargamers in Faro city.
He chosed, the Ambush Blitz rules to begun playing with miniatures.
Here is his work, an adaptation of cenic material with kallistra hex's.
I hope you enjoy.

terça-feira, 2 de agosto de 2011

The French had a lot of limitations in the matter of supplies during this conflict, leading some authors to think that that was the (main) cause for the failure of a western power over a third world country.

(Class 280 locomotive - French Indochina Railways)

However, in the case of the later conflict involving the USA, the argument that firepower and abudant supplies alone were the recipe for victory did not prove it's point.

segunda-feira, 1 de agosto de 2011

Question: name a place on Earth that was in a state of almost permanent warfare for almost half a century ?

I will give you a hint: Indochina (includes Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia)

If you think these are hard times, with all the economic problems going around?

Well, imagine the hard times people had over there, all the while they were being bombed by the japanese, the french, the americans, the chinese, between themselves and basically by whoever had a spare bomb to drop.